Piher Sensors and Controls

The Appliance Electronics segment encompasses all domestic electrical and electronic apparatus such as washing machines, ovens/ranges, toasters, blender/mixers, water heaters, air conditioners, garage door openers, power tools, light dimmers, temperature controls/thermostats, motion+smoke detectors, sewing machines, vacuum cleaners, speed controlers… Also included are multimedia, telecommunications, instrumentation, electro-medical, power supplies, CATV systems, TV antennas, ballasts...

A prerequisite for success in this high volume sector is to continuously innovate cost effective and flexible solutions for our customers demands. The PT product family adapts itself perfectly to this goal: PT's with cut track provide a unique rheostat plus on/off switch solution for light dimmers, vacuum cleaners and any device that requires an electrically isolated power level control; Boilers/ Water Heaters can be economically controlled by PT's with custom shafts / detents and even the effect of vibration in Power Tool applications can be negated by using the detent option. The N-15 SMD endless rotation potentiometer lends itself to demanding Appliance control applications where wide temperature variations and space limitations are inherent. Finally the N6 is universally employed in Home Automation & Security detectors as the lux and sensitivity controls.

Our technology, creativity and production capacity enable us to develop, innovative cost effective and highly reliable solutions to resolve our customers requirements. We put at their disposal our experience and "know-how" permitting them to achieve important technical and competitive advantages.

The N6 taped on reel for automatic insertion is used in many different applications in the high volume TV, Set-Top box and Monitor markets displacing the PT10 which now finds itself in a new role as a volume, tone and balance control in multimedia speakers. The PTC-15 is employed as a focus control in high precision monitors, the PC-16 used as a control for Musical Instrument amplifiers and signal processors and the CI-11 providing an innovative solution for Monitors, Amplifiers, Stereo Systems and such the like as a multi-function mode select control allowing the adjustment of all the equipments parameters with the use of a single dial.